94k_Wolflet
Rattata
Seeing how much the tone has shifted toward the next direct being a mini partner showcase has me mixed.
At this point, I would not be shocked if they just twitter drop the MK8 Deluxe 2nd wave of DLC announcement in July since that doesn't have to be in a direct. I'm genuinely expecting wave 2 to just be announced via a tweet next Nintendo gave Xenoblade and Splatoon dates+trailers on twitter in recent months and those easily could've been dated in a direct if they wanted to.
Nintendo just tweeting about Splatoon's release date last month for September release should've been the red flag for us that June may not hold out as we initially expected since it could've been a full direct mention if Nintendo wanted. At this point, the signs were there for June's rumored direct to be smaller than E3 type directs but we tried justifying our logic by past years. Plus with Nintendo honoring the obligations they probably had for announcing 3rd party stuff in June (because E3 was originally planned to happen before it got canned with the deals Nintendo made) also just makes sense. Had we had an E3 this year, I feel that Nintendo might've opted for a general direct but everything is weird at this point.
Though genuine question, what was the longest partner showcase we had in 2020? Since I feel that next week would probably be the longest time wise of the partner showcases. Like I wouldn't be shocked if it goes on 20-30 minutes for a partner showcase since Nintendo usually has a lot of 3rd party stuff they would show in June and I figure they are honoring a lot of obligations they had for this month...
At this point, I would not be shocked if they just twitter drop the MK8 Deluxe 2nd wave of DLC announcement in July since that doesn't have to be in a direct. I'm genuinely expecting wave 2 to just be announced via a tweet next Nintendo gave Xenoblade and Splatoon dates+trailers on twitter in recent months and those easily could've been dated in a direct if they wanted to.
Nintendo just tweeting about Splatoon's release date last month for September release should've been the red flag for us that June may not hold out as we initially expected since it could've been a full direct mention if Nintendo wanted. At this point, the signs were there for June's rumored direct to be smaller than E3 type directs but we tried justifying our logic by past years. Plus with Nintendo honoring the obligations they probably had for announcing 3rd party stuff in June (because E3 was originally planned to happen before it got canned with the deals Nintendo made) also just makes sense. Had we had an E3 this year, I feel that Nintendo might've opted for a general direct but everything is weird at this point.
Though genuine question, what was the longest partner showcase we had in 2020? Since I feel that next week would probably be the longest time wise of the partner showcases. Like I wouldn't be shocked if it goes on 20-30 minutes for a partner showcase since Nintendo usually has a lot of 3rd party stuff they would show in June and I figure they are honoring a lot of obligations they had for this month...